The Speaker of the California Assembly is proposing big reductions in UC and CSU fees for students from middle-class families. He would pay for those scholarships by requiring businesses to pay taxes based on their in-state sales.

The City of San Diego and millionaire philanthropist Irwin Jacobs want to remove cars from the center of Balboa Park. The Save Our Heritage Organisation is opposed to parts of their plan, sued the city for the way it handled the project agreement and won. People on both sides of the issue discuss whether the suit and a possible loss in historic designation will set the project back.

African Americans in San Diego and across the country still have the highest infection rate among people with AIDS. Nationwide, blacks represent 14 percent of the population, but 44 percent of all new cases of HIV infection.